Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160705
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '17 at 14:14
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 243 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 685 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2685 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.6% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 85.9 Parallax 77.2 64% 80.4 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 90.5 Splatting 79 66% 81 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 17GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6514 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 577 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2997854290	114% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 415 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 46.3 177% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 120 143% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Corsai Force GT 240GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 11GB free Firmware: 5.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 26984877 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -89249420383438 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2353 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 106 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 62 1095220723739 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26984877 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26984877 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26984877 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 26729 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24203 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24203 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23775	80.9% Excellent	Read 494 Write 246 Mixed 294 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 18.3 122% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 64.3 97% 183 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 93%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6721 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 621 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 404 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11993380 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 71 66 146030002205 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94 (E9) Unknown 100 100 43653 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 34227 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15893 (F4) Unknown 100 100 183 (F5) Unknown 100 100 292 (F6) Unknown 100 100 12644608	90.7% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 418 Mixed 439 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 13.7 110% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 13.9 88% 203 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 136758043 (03) Spinup time 94 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19848 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 51 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 8837979971 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 53894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 28 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 4093 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 59 343602954363 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 538181664 (C2) HDA temperature 32 52 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 19 136758043 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 20	32.2% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 56.3 Mixed 49.8 40% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.24 63% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 59%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2TB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 162 Write 156 Mixed 31.8 136% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.24 74% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2472 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 25.6 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 21.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 97%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,689x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,182x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,257x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	792x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	571x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16